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Progress Report ~- 13 Aupust 1962

REF: UFGA-%425 dated 19 June 1962

‘Y. SUMMARY: In the period since ref prorress report
AMDENIN-1 has been primarily encaped in keeping his fences mended
with the various exile croups in “the area in anticipation of. mov-.
ing inta.a_pesition in the AMSUD-l-orrantzation in which he will
Ac responsible for coordinating ‘the sele’tion of paramilitary —

dates from these grouns. In additién to this he has prepared
a@ nuster of reports providing backeround information,-and on cur-
_rent activities in the local PR®UNEN community and mounting .
Operation Antonico I, an effort to establish contact with PBRUMEN

' fishermen thru his own fisherman contacts. Details follow:

OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

: 2. In response to a Station request subject provided an
estimate of the current situation in PBRUMEN. This report
stressed the points that the farmers and the fishermen. in PBRUMEN
are the most willing and capable of providing support to resis-
‘tance activities as a result of their having suffered the most at
the hands of the current administration after being largely -
responsible for its obtaining power, He also provided a general
strategic plan of Oriente Province in which he defined the main
-areas in which guerrilla elements can survive and how they can be

- reached from coastal resupply points. © His ability to do this is
based upon his being a native of the area and one who has been
primarily interested in its geography due to his former large.

‘agriculture holdings there, _ oe

3. He has had one meeting with AMBUD-1 for the purpose of
maintaining contact. His main question to AMBUD-1 was with regard
_ to the latter's ability to actually control the people on his ‘staff.
He was disappointed by the reply which though positive could not be’
supported with an example of where AMBUD-1 had actually brought’ :

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about the dismissal of anyone who had proved to be ineffective, ;
AMDENIM-1 is a pood friend of AMAYNoL as 4 result of his father's “| eg,
long standing relationship with him, but at this point has very . ete
, Little respect fer him as a result of, as he says, AMBUD-1'g
\ failure to actually nake his orranization into an effective body
and to engare in activities which actually detract fron the success
of the current PARUYEN reaime. It remains that he is willine t
soin MAGS oy Ovnanizetion auc at cempy ty create Unity _amone_the.
-ilitary sections of the xen er. groups at such time as KUBARK gives.
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Following his belief that the most insortant job at hand
_ is the development and maintenance of maritime reception points eo,
- along the north coast of PBRUNEN, AMDENIM-1 has devoted considerable | _ ‘
.. time to readving assets anong his exiled fisherman friends to make ..
contact with their former Fisherman associates still’ based in
PBRUMEN, The foundation for this activity is quite: tenuous as a
vesult of a variety of factors which make it difficult to arrance
Sea rendezvouses in the absence of radio contact. - Severs! i
have been made to the Anguila Key area for this purpose, the last .
OF which’was su por ted-by_KUBARK. and was called Operation Antonico____
I. This attempt was unsuccessful due to the failure of. the inside
contact to appear, It developed that the woman and child who vere
to be exfiltrated on this operation appeared in the JMWAVE area
two days later, having obtained permission to leave PBRUMNEN by air,
They carried the message that someone had-stolen the-port chief's
' personal boat a8 4 result of which the inside contact was unable

strictions until the theft had been investigated,
next rendezvous was scheduled for 12 August, howey
weather forestalled any chance of making ‘this rende
effort to establish contact continues on the basis that,-o
comnd system can be set up, it will be comparatively. easy

ablish further rendezvouses an4 thus develop ratlines i
north coast, on

§. Coincidentally with the above AMDENIM-1 is. ntinuing
his efforts to come up with radio operator candidates”, id. t :
candidates for infiltration. Based upon past exrerience this.
effort is’ being made more selective in that. the need for more self
sufficient personnel is greater than ever. The increa ing diffi- .....

culty of covering people inside makes it necessary t

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with a‘base of operations. Mo
infiltrate at this point are of. the t

for small guerrilla teams, but who are not capable o
themselves Clandestinely until the time for guerrilla

6. FUNDS EXPENDED: | a ae

a. $200. was given to fteriberto SARDINAS Campo] as *
maintenance until hisjélearance cones throushy It). |

is intended that {SAR HAS] will be an investigator of .. .
operational leadd~and an’ assistant to AMDENIM-] in _.
the handling of his fishermen and operational candidates. . ‘

b. $300, was given to 4NDENIMA1 for passage to the
widow of AMGLAD-1, He is the channel for this paynent
until such time as HOs arrives at a settlenent figure
and this obligation can be disposed of.

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ce. $3258, was siven to AMPENIM~1 in support of Operation as
Antonico I, which operation is described under para ve
graph 4, .

7. INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION: AMDENIM*) has provided a number
of memoranda on develoonents within the various exile @roups in the
JHWAVE area, none of which qualify as intellicen information but
all of which Contribute to the Station's bétter_understandine of
the local politics, Specifically, he haS provided info on the

“S8litical beliefs and backrround of most of the PBRUMEN exiled labor
leaders and the activities of the Bequer proun. He has also been :
helpful in clarifving the picture as to the movements within the
UR at this time while the Station is tryinn to determine how best
to orpanize this group in order to be able to take over its more

-worthwhile features without becoming unduly committed to giving
it special -prominence in the exile community. He is being counted.
on to help bring the UR into the AMBUD-1 organization as a means
of creating the appearance of greater unity among the exile

community. .

8. COMMENTS AND FLANS: While no spectacular achievements are

resulting from AMDENIM-1's efforts at this point he is steadil
ceptible to KUBARK control and more

becoming more and more sus
“professtonal in-tis efforts, A recent example 18 the critique he
gave his fishermen for not realizing more information out of the
refugees they met at Anguila Key while waiting for their inside
contact, They had failed to adequately debrief two young men, who
had succeeded in surviving in PBRUMEN for over two. months on their
own, on the basis that they were too young to be knowledgeable. :
As it turned out the two refugees had used the cover’
salesmen and had been able to travel from Havana to. ‘é
Cuba without being stopped once. On learning of this',: AMDENIM-1
was reminded of a good cover he has heard about, namely. fighting
cock fanciers, which activity seems to be on the increase as-a
result of the greater amount of spare time available.-t the people,
The sport is actually becoming a year around proposition rather —
than being restricted to the winter months as in the. past... It. is -
2. have’ AMDENIM-1 continue_his present_pursuits on. the ~—.~
basis that he is free to move as the Station desires an n_ have
an overall constructive effect_on the AMBUD-I1 oreanization a
time “desired, He will continue his efforts with the Fishermen and .
will provide candidates for infiltration as they become “available
. and can be. accepted by the Station. Operation Antonico III-is 9.)
scheduled for 27 August using a Magnolia (boat) to'establish-”
contact with fishermen living on a key in the Caibarien area. |-
There is a possibility that he will journey to Jamaica ‘to
contact with an old associate who is now.a- inent_
‘PBRUMEN governmént a3: a means of eliciting information

regime policy and plans.

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